It’s not the time to fly drones anytime that we have these emergencies in Southern California.” As part of the plea agreement, Akemann agreed to pay full restitution to the government of ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades fire ...

He was released on $15,000 bond and barred from possessing or flying a drone. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines ...

A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a Canadian firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, U.S. authorities said Friday.

A California man is facing up to one year in federal prison for recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft as the crew was battling the devastating ...

Man Agrees to Plead Guilty for Flying Drone That Damaged Firefighting Aircraft in LA Wildfire LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and ... service in support of the 2025 Southern California wildfire relief effort. " ...

A California man is facing up to one year in federal prison for recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft as the crew was battling the devastating Palisades ...

The drone put a fist-size hole in the wing of the aircraft which grounded it for five days. The fist-size hole in this Super Scooper's wing caused more than $65,000 damage. Find Firehouse.com’s ...

according to a Friday news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. The drone flight and crash took place on Thursday, Jan. 9, the third day of the blaze ...